The future of international development cooperation is not just hashed out in dusty field offices and ramshackle schools and hospitals, but also at a variety of events, celebrations and other gatherings. Below are some of the most noteworthy events for the week starting Nov. 16:
2015 United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights
Nov. 16
Geneva, Switzerland
Want to Find Out About Financing for Development?
Nov. 16
Washington, D.C., United States
H2020 Euro-Society 2014 Conference — Changing Europe
Nov. 16
Brussels, Belgium
'Arabs are Not Human Beings': How Politics, History and Ethnicity Crippled Emergency Relief in Iraqi Kurdistan
Nov. 16
London, United Kingdom
Closing the Gap in Health Equity through Technology
Nov. 16
Geneva, Switzerland
Promoting Peaceful and Inclusive Societies: Practices that Count
Nov. 16
Geneva, Switzerland
NGO Aid Transparency and Data: So What?
Nov. 17
Washington, D.C., United States
Latin America: Back to the 80s or Heading for Rebound?
Nov. 17
Washington, D.C., United States
Food Security and Scarcity: Why Ending Hunger is so Hard
Nov. 17
Washington, D.C., United States
From Zorro to Zombie: Explaining the Dramatic Rise and Fall of the Microcredit Model as Development Policy
Nov. 17
London, United Kingdom
TTIP: What's in it for the Social Partners?
Nov. 17
Brussels, Belgium
Including Disability in Development Cooperation: Experiences of Collaboration Between Governments, NGOs and DPOs
Nov. 18
Rome, Italy
Demographic Vulnerability: Where Population Growth Poses the Greatest Challenges
Nov. 18
New York, United States
Europe's Refugee Crisis: Hospitality and Its Discontents
Nov. 18
Washington, D.C., United States
Small Changes, Big Impact: Creating Conditions for Women and Girls to Thrive
Nov. 18
Washington, D.C., United States
SID-Washington Annual Dinner
Nov. 18
Washington, D.C., United States
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting
Nov. 18-19
Manila, Philippines
AidEx 2015
Nov. 18-19
Brussels, Belgium
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia: Effective Development Cooperation and Financing for the 2030 Agenda
Nov. 18-19
Bangkok, Thailand
Civil Society, Cities and Regions Preparing for COP21 and Beyond
Nov. 19
Brussels, Belgium
Filling the Skills Gap and Addressing the Mismatches — What can Business Do?
Nov. 19
Online
2015 LEAD Symposium
Nov. 19
Madrid, Spain
Eastern Partnership Countries Meeting on the Expected 2015 Paris Climate Agreement
Nov. 19
Brussels, Belgium
Food System ‘Actors’ and their Activities
Nov. 19
London, United Kingdom
Overseas Development Institute in Conversation with Professor Lord Stern
Nov. 19
London, United Kingdom
Who Knows? Circulation of Feminist Knowledge on Development and Gender Experts
Nov. 19-20
Geneva, Switzerland
Workshop: SMEs in Developing Asia: New Approaches to Overcoming Market Failures
Nov. 19-20
Tokyo, Japan
Global Dialogue Forum on Good Practices and Challenges in Promoting Decent Work in Construction and Infrastructure Projects
Nov. 19-20
Geneva, Switzerland
Human Rights for All — Promoting Human Rights of LGBTI Individuals: From Local Communities to Global Organizations
Nov. 20
Geneva, Switzerland
International celebrations
International Day for Tolerance
Nov. 16
World Toilet Day
Nov. 19
Universal Children's Day
Nov. 20
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